EP0943986B1 - Interface d'utilisateur pour un système de traitement de d'information - Google Patents

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EP0943986B1
EP0943986B1 EP99200769A EP99200769A EP0943986B1 EP 0943986 B1 EP0943986 B1 EP 0943986B1 EP 99200769 A EP99200769 A EP 99200769A EP 99200769 A EP99200769 A EP 99200769A EP 0943986 B1 EP0943986 B1 EP 0943986B1
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  • the invention relates to an information-processing system comprising at least one workstation for a user and a number of printers on which print files made at a workstation can be printed.
  • US 5493408 teaches an arrangement for assessing and setting the operation mode of a single shared printer from a remote workstation, whereby a specific network unit collects the operation mode status from said printer and transmits said status data for display on the remote workstation screen, on the basis of which the user can assess/change the printer's operation mode. Furthermore, US 5493408 teaches a process list file to be continuously maintained and updated by a network control unit, said process list file comprising a list of the current print jobs and their corresponding status, whereby said process list file, on the request of the workstation user's, is transferred and displayed on the workstation screen.
  • the current status is given for print jobs which have not yet been finished. This can be in the following form: "waiting, in progress, has caused an error", or their serial number in their print queue.
  • a status can also be given for print jobs which have already been finished. In that case the status will, for example, be in the form of the delivery tray in which prints have been placed, or "removed” if the printer with means known per se suitable for the purpose has detected that the delivery tray in which the prints were deposited has been emptied.
  • finished print jobs are not removed from the overview until the user selects them and gives them a removal command. This has advantages over automatic removal after a specific time. In this way the user can also use the list as a memory aid to remind him that he must fetch the prints of a specific job.
  • the overview of print jobs can be presented for a predetermined plurality of printers in the system, but also for all the printers. This can be set, for example, during configuration, but if required it can also be effected by selecting specific printers in a set-up procedure.
  • Fig. 1 shows a system of workstations WS and printers PR connected by a local network N.
  • the workstations are, for example, PC's and are in each case equipped with a processing unit, a screen, a keyboard and a mouse.
  • the printers are digital copying machines, each comprising a scanner, a printer, an operator control unit and a connection unit (Digital Access Controller or DAC) for connection to the network and processing print jobs sent from the workstations.
  • DAC Digital Access Controller
  • All these machines, copying machines and printers are hereinafter referred to as "printer”. Users wishing to have a specific data file printed from their workstation, can for the purpose choose from a number of, or even all, the printers of the system.
  • each connected workstation For the purpose of communication with the printers and the presentation of information relating thereto to the users, there is operative in each connected workstation a program which is hereinafter referred to as "desktop software".
  • This program is personalised, i.e., it works on the instructions of just one user who on starting up has identified himself and input his authorisation code.
  • the desktop software hereinafter also referred to as "desktop” for short, is built up from a number of sub-programs diagrammatically illustrated in block 100 in Fig. 2.
  • the core of the desktop software is formed by a sub-program indicated by "virtual printer", which communicates with the connected printers and updates the properties and status of each of these insofar as this is of interest to the workstation user.
  • virtual printer which communicates with the connected printers and updates the properties and status of each of these insofar as this is of interest to the workstation user.
  • a user can choose how much information he wants to have presented concerning the state of connected printers and the printing files to be processed thereon and at what time.
  • the exchange of data concerning these matters between the desktop software and the printers is limited to what is essential for the user's requirements. This prevents the network from being burdoned more than is necessary and in addition the processing capacity of the workstation is not burdoned more than necessary, since only the relevant information is present in the workstation and has
  • the "virtual printer” program is provided with an operator control program, hereinafter referred to as "user interface” (Ul), which controls the communication between the user and the desktop software in a manner understandable to the user, in the form of key strokes on the keyboard and windows on the screen, in which windows information is presented and in which the user can select and control the operation of elements by means of mouse movements.
  • the desktop software is also provided with a communication program COM for controlling data transport from and to the printers via the network.
  • Block 200 in Fig. 2 gives a diagrammatic illustration of the communication software in the DACs of the printers.
  • This is formed particularly by an "information server" IS, which is intended to receive from and send to workstations digital information such as status information concerning the printer itself and the print jobs that the printer is processing.
  • the information server updates data concerning the information required by each desktop and transmits only that information which is really required, and at the time at which it is required.
  • the information server is also provided with a communication program COM for controlling data transport from and to the desktops via the network.
  • Files of digital data which are transmitted to a printer via the network for printing by the printer are either of a first or a second type.
  • Files of the first type hereinafter referred to as automatic print jobs
  • files of the second type hereinafter referred to as interactive print jobs
  • An attribute added to the file shows the type of file involved.
  • AP automatic printing
  • IP interactive printing
  • a data file for printing by interactive printing and transmitted by a workstation via the network is received by the DAC.
  • the file is then stored unchanged on a storage unit, e.g. a hard disk, in the printer, whereafter the machine passes to the stand-by state in respect of this job.
  • the DAC manages an administration system containing the identification data of all the data files for printing which are stored. If a new file is supplied via the network, the DAC adds the identification data thereof in the name of the owner/sender to the administration system.
  • logic storage space means that the file is stored on the disk and registered in the administration system in the name of that user.
  • a logic storage space can be protected by a code specific to the owner/user, i.e. in practice an operator can obtain information over the files stored in a specific logic storage space only after he has input this code via the operator control means of the printer.
  • an operator now wishes to have a specific interactive print file printed, then he must select that file by means of the printer operator control panel and give a print command by actuating a start key. In response thereto the data file is brought up from the disk and converted to printable data, which are processed by the printer to form a print.
  • An interactive print file can be protected by the sender by means of a code. This code is in the form of an attribute to the print file. If a user wishes to print this file interactively, he must type in the security code at the operator control panel before the file is printed.
  • the printer manager can bring the machine into a mode in which automatic print jobs are not accepted. In that case, incoming automatic print jobs are converted by the printer into interactive print jobs and stored on the disk.
  • printers in this system are in fact digital copying machines, which can also make a copy of an original document by scanning it and printing the digital image data generated thereby.
  • jobs which are started by a user at the machine itself (copy jobs and interactive print jobs) and jobs which are fed from a distance, e.g. from a workstation (PC) (an automatic print job).
  • PC workstation
  • the printer operates in a command-controlled mode in which the machine starts a reproduction process in response to a start command from the operator control panel, while in the latter case it operates in an autonomous mode in which the machine starts a reproduction process on its own initiative.
  • the machine In order to protect the position of the user at the machine as much as possible, the machine passes into the command-controlled mode in response to a physical interaction by an operator at the machine, and/or remains there for a predetermined first waiting period. During this waiting period, the machine cannot pass into the autonomous mode. This offers the user at the machine the opportunity of creating, by any interaction, e.g. by actuating a key or placing one or more documents in the machine feed tray, time for himself in order to start his job unhurriedly.
  • the machine On completion of the execution of a job in the command-controlled mode, the machine remains in the command-controlled mode for a predetermined second waiting time.
  • the second waiting period can be equal to the first.
  • a practical value for waiting periods is, for example, 30 seconds to 2 minutes.
  • the desktop software comprises the following modules:
  • the mode information presented by the three modules of the desktop software is dynamic, i.e. it is adapted directly as soon as there is any change in the presented mode.
  • desktop software is personalised and that the information provision and control possibilities are therefore directed towards the wishes of one specific user.
  • the three program modules referred to can be started from a general start menu which appears when the desktop software is selected on the workstation screen, and will now be described in sequence.
  • Fig. 3 shows a window 10 which is displayed on the workstation screen after the user has selected the option "Devices Overview" in the desktop software.
  • This window displays for each printer a symbol indicating the status of that printer. Examples of this are shown in Fig. 3.
  • each symbol has a short description of the printer so that it is clear which printer is involved.
  • a first symbol 11 is a stylised illustration of the printer. This symbol indicates that the printer in question is available for print jobs and is at the moment idle.
  • a second symbol 12 shows the printer with a stack of papers over it and indicates that this machine is occupied with an automatic print job in the autonomous mode.
  • Symbol 13 shows the printer with a person in front of it, to indicate that the machine is in the command-controlled mode and hence either occupied with a copy job or an interactive print job or is in the above-described first or second waiting period, in which no automatic print jobs can start.
  • Symbol 14 is an illustration of the printer with, superimposed thereon, a notice board indicating that this printer is in a malfunction state.
  • Symbol 15 is an undetailed illustration of the printer to indicate that this printer is connected but at the present time is not available for copy jobs or print jobs.
  • a user can determine which printer he should send his print job to, and also, when he wishes to carry out a copying or interactive print job, whether the chosen machine is free.
  • Particularly convenient is the differentiated indication of the occupied state, i.e. occupation in the autonomous mode and occupation in the command-controlled mode, because an automatic print job can without difficulty be stopped during operation by a user at the machine, in order to carry out a copy job or interactive print job in an "interrupt" mode, but passing another user at the machine will always require more convincing reasons.
  • the user can select one of the symbols, and hence one of the printers, and then call up one of the following functions either with a menu in the top bar of the window or with a pop-up menu or the right-hand mouse button:
  • a window with this information appears on the screen, the information being distributed over three tab cards which can be made visible by selection of their tab, as shown in Figs. 4A, B and C.
  • the stock of printing paper in the printer trays is displayed on a first tab card, the current state of operation of the printer is described on the second tab card and information as to the installed functionality is shown on the third tab card.
  • the workstation screen shows a window in which the user can set his preferences for the form of presentation of the printer status data (see Fig. 5).
  • the icon When monitoring with icons is set, the icon displays a symbolic illustration of the status just as shown in Fig. 3. An example of such an icon is given in Fig. 6A. A user can also simultaneously have the status of different printers maintained. In that case, the screen shows an icon for each monitored printer as shown in Fig. 6B. By a double click of the mouse on an icon the function of displaying the waiting print jobs for the printer concerned is called up. In this connection we would again refer to the description of the "Job Control" program module.
  • Fig. 8 shows the relevant layout of the workstation screen after the user has selected the "Job Control" option in the desktop software to maintain an overview of current print jobs.
  • windows 20A, B and C are displayed, each applicable to a printer at which a print job of the user is present at that time.
  • windows displayed there are as many windows displayed as there are printers at which the user's print jobs are present at that time. If this function was called up from the "Device Overview" module, then only the window for the printer selected there would be displayed.
  • a window 20 contains a space 21 for automatic print jobs, a space 22 for interactive print jobs of the user, and a space 23 for specifying the active print job. There are also a number of "keys" which can be operated by means of the mouse.
  • Space 21 contains the queue of automatic print jobs of the user, with their status (number in the queue), name, and other data to be selected by the user during set-up.
  • the user By clicking on a switchbox on the left beneath the space 21 the user can also have displayed all the waiting automatic print jobs, i.e. including those of other users. In that case his own jobs are reproduced in a manner which is distinguishable from the others, for example in colour.
  • the Job Control module is called up from the "Devices Overview" module, for a specific printer, the presentation of all the waiting automatic print jobs, i.e. including those of other users, is the default setting.
  • Space 22 contains an overview of waiting interactive print jobs of the user, here reproduced with icons with a name, which corresponds to the character of the jobs, which are not in a queue but do not become operative until the user starts them on the operator control panel. To obtain more information concerning these jobs, the user can also have them presented in a detailed list.
  • Space 23 displays the data of the print job which is active at that time, or, if there is no job active, the state of the printer ("idle", "error”).
  • the space contains the following data: type of job (copying job, automatic print job, interactive print job), number of prints, name of the owner of the job, and the name of the job.
  • a key 24 by means of which the active job can be discontinued ("abort").
  • an interactive print job selected in the space 22 can be converted to an automatic print job and be added to the queue in space 21, while the key 26 can convert an automatic print job selected in space 21 into an interactive job and move it to space 22.
  • the print settings can be displayed for a print job selected in either of the spaces 21 or 22.
  • the same effect is achieved by double clicking of the mouse on the job name.
  • a window is opened on the screen of the workstation, displaying all the settings.
  • the settings can also be changed in this window.
  • a print job selected in-either of the spaces 21 or 22 can be removed by means of key 28.
  • the above functions can also be called up by selecting a job and choosing from the "document" menu in the menu bar above the window 20 or by selecting in a pop-menu which appears when the right-hand mouse button is clicked on a job name.
  • the screen at the workstation displays the window 30.
  • This window 30 contains a space 31 in which there is displayed a list of all the print jobs which have not yet been finished for the user concerned, on all the printers, with their status (waiting, busy, error) and the printer at which they are present.
  • This list shows both automatic and interactive print jobs and their type. Double clicking of the mouse on the name of a print job in space 31 opens the Job Control window (Fig. 8) of the printer where the job is present, so that the user can see the status of the job in the queue (if it is an automatic print job), can manipulate the job, and can inspect and/or change the print settings.
  • the window 30 also contains a space 32 displaying a list of all the finished print jobs of the user concerned, on all the printers, with the printer which processed them.
  • a key 33 is provided beneath the space 32 to enable the user to remove from the list a print job after he has selected this by clicking with the mouse.
  • the list of finished print jobs in space 32 can also give a status indication although this is not shown here.
  • the printer machine control system knows the delivery tray in which the prints have been deposited and this information can be displayed in the list.
  • the printer can also be provided with sensors to determine whether there are prints in the delivery trays. In that case, the machine control system can also note that a delivered stack of prints is taken from the tray. This information can also be displayed in the list in space 32.
  • the status information can have the form of: "present in delivery tray X", or "removed".
  • the monitor function can also operate for just a specified sub-set of all the printers in the system. This can be set when the system is configured, or by means of a set-up function of the program.
  • the "monitor" menu in the menu bar above the Job Control window 20 offers the opportunity of activating a monitor function for the print jobs of the user concerned on the printer concerned. This function can also be called up from the start menu of the desktop software and will be described hereinafter.
  • the monitor function is intended to keep the user informed as to the status of his automatic print jobs. It can be operative for all the current jobs or for some of the jobs, as selected by the user.
  • the monitor function has three modes:
  • the workstation display screen In response to the selection of the monitor function in the start menu of the desktop software, the workstation display screen displays a window in which the user can select one, more, or all the printers for the monitor function. This is shown in Fig. 10.
  • the workstation display screen displays a window in which the user can set his preferences for the form of presentation of the status of his personal print jobs (see Fig. 11).
  • There are two main forms of the presentation namely by means of a permanent icon on the screen ("by icon") or by means of messages which appear on the screen when there is any change in that status ("by alerts"). In the latter case the user can indicate the changes of status for which he wants to receive a message in order thus to avoid unnecessary reports.
  • the user inputs his preferences and presses the "OK" key, whereafter the function is activated.
  • An icon now appears on the screen if the icon mode was selected.
  • Fig. 12 shows monitor icons.
  • an icon contains a symbol showing the status of a set of print jobs of the user on that printer.
  • the following symbols are displayed for the above-mentioned three states:
  • the said set of print jobs monitored by the monitor function can be the complete set of jobs on the printer concerned, but it can alternatively be a sub-set. This sub-set can only be selected in the Job Control window 20, space 21, by clicking the required print jobs with the mouse, followed by clicking the monitor menu in the menu bar.
  • Job Monitoring is called up from the start menu of the desktop software, the set always contains all the jobs.
  • the monitor function is dynamic: print jobs can be added to a monitored set.
  • the Job Control window of the printer concerned is opened, so that the user can inspect the complete status of his jobs.
  • a plurality of icons can also be displayed simultaneously on the screen, so that the user can inspect the status of different sets or printers simultaneously.
  • message windows appear only if there is a user-selected change of status of a print job from the set.
  • An example of such a window is shown in Fig. 13.

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  1. Système de traitement d'informations comprenant :
    au moins un poste de travail (WS) pourvu d'une unité de processeur, d'un écran, et d'un moyen de commande d'opérateur tel qu'un clavier et une souris,
    une multiplicité d'imprimantes (PR), pourvues chacune d'une unité de commande, et
    un réseau numérique (N) auquel ledit ou lesdits postes de travail (WS) et imprimantes (PR) sont connectés,
       dans lequel ledit au moins un poste de travail (WS) est pourvus d'un programme personnalisé pour un utilisateur particulier en vue d'une communication avec une imprimante (PR) en vue d'envoyer des tâches d'impression à ladite imprimante (PR) et de demander des informations de statut à ladite imprimante (PR) ou d'en recevoir de celle-ci,
       lequel programme comprend des moyens servant
    à recueillir des informations concernant le statut de tâches d'impression dudit utilisateur dans une multiplicité préfixée desdites imprimantes connectées,
    à mettre à jour une vue d'ensemble actualisée des tâches d'impression dudit utilisateur, et
    à présenter sur l'écran de poste de travail la vue d'ensemble actualisée des tâches d'impression dudit utilisateur, y compris, pour chaque tâche d'impression envoyée par ledit poste de travail (WS), au moins une identification de l'imprimante à laquelle cette tâche d'impression a été envoyée.
  2. Système suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit programme présente séparément sur l'écran de poste de travail des tâches d'impression qui ont déjà été terminées.
  3. Système suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit programme présente, sur l'écran de poste de travail, des tâches d'impression qui n'ont pas encore été terminées, en commun avec des informations concernant leur statut en cours.
  4. Système suivant la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel ledit programme est pourvu de moyens à l'aide desquels des tâches d'impression qui ont déjà été terminées peuvent être supprimées de la vue d'ensemble présentée, à l'occasion d'un ordre de l'utilisateur donné à l'aide du moyen de commande d'opérateur pour une tâche d'impression spécifiée.
  5. Système suivant la revendication 1, dans lequel ladite multiplicité préfixée d'imprimantes connectées comprend toutes les imprimantes connectées.
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